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Chicago examiner thursday Chicago december g 1917 thursday vol xv xo 300 a m c.s.w^sce price two cents i&fs&s shiee u.s must seize or else aid railoroads not being operated efficiently j interstate commerce commis sion tells congress and quick | action is necessary washington dec s the ques j ti.ir of government control j and operation of the rail i roads was put squarely up to con â– gress to-day by the interstate com ' jncrce commission the alternative suggested is sus j pension of all laws regulating the ! railroads in the interest of the people | and granting government loans to the ! report shows obstacles to private control the laws to be suspended would i include those prohibiting combina tion and pooling of equipment in terests and profits the commission's report makes no recommendation it simply states | that one of the two things must be done to save the situation the report rather leans to govern ment operation by dwelling on the obstacles that must be surmounted the report refuses rate increases linked as unable to remedy the situa tion 2,000,000,000 loan needed m'chord for u s control it is estimated by leaders in con gress that 2,000,000,000 in loans will be required by the railroads to put them on a war footing in equipment and operation and protect their se curities commissioner mcchord agrees only in part with the majority report in a supplementary report he declares the railroads under private control have failed to meet the emergency ' and that the government must step in and take full control of them promote inefficiency to obtain rate increase congressman sabath in a bill pre sented before the commission's report was issued called for immediate gov ernmental operation charging the railroads for political effect delib erately canceled orders for improve ments and rolling stock in 1911 and j312 he further charged that the rail roads now are deliberately refusing to operate on an efficient war basis so that they can obtain permission to increase rates one of the senate leaders said to night government control and opera tion of the railroads will inevitably lead to government ownership the only question in my mind is whether we should take the first step which is the easiest and surest way of dealing with the situation knowing it will lead to the second step if the president is ready to take over the railroads under govern ment control he has ample authority and congress will give him any fur ther power he may ask such an act would abolish the present func tions of the interstate commerce commission senator newlands chairman of the interstate commerce committee said it is clear that successful prose fc j c.ution of the war depends more on 16 big british vessels sunk in last week london dec s sixteen brit ish ships of more than 1,600 tons each were sunk during the past week according to the offi cial statement from the admiralty office to-night only one craft of less tonnage was sent down four fishing vessels were lost this is an increase of two large ships over last week this makes a total of 677 large ships 249 small er ones and 176 fishing smacks sunk during the forty weeks of ruthlessness the grand total is increased to 1,102 burleson asks phone control postmaster general declares for government ownership of telegraph lines also washington dec s recent de velopments have made it all the more imperative that government owner ship of the telegraphs and telephones should no longer be delayed the annual report of postmaster general burleson made public to-day urgently recommends action by congress to this end if the telegraph and telephone sys tems are taken over they will be placed under the jurisdiction of the postbffice department steps already have been taken to place the telegraph and cable sys tems of alaska under the postoffice i department mr burleson's report says the principle of government ownership and control of the tele graphs and telephones is not only sound but practical and finds its greatest strength in the constitu tion that these utilities should be made a part of the postal estab lishment has been the opinion of practically all postmaster generals of the united states who have held that the welfare of the nation will be largely contributed to by the fullest utilization of these services by the people this result can be accomplished only when they are made a part of the postal service and operated solely with a view to serving the public and not making a profit kahn urges death for hindering u s in war â€¢ john r rathom editor of the provl idence journal last night quoted a dispatch received from otto h kahn of new york in an address before the standard club mr kahn said in part he who secretly or overt ly tries to thwart the declared will and aim of the nation in this holy war is a traitor and a traitor's fate should be his mrs jack barrymore granted a divorce new york dec 5 â€” mrs kather ine barrymore wife of john jack barrymore the actor has received a decree of divorce at santa barbara cal according to word here to-night jack's manager had taken 50,000 in surance against his marriage the suit revealed that the barrymore fam ily name is blythe mercury drops to 20 winter's coldest day a healthy young cold wave swept over Chicago last night leaving a blanket^of snow the sudden cold and a cutting wind drove people from the streets and late last night the temperature had dropped to 20 above zero the cold is expected to con tinue to-day with rising tempera ture to-night first Chicago troops fall in trenches one killed another wounded pershing reports 13 casual ties between nov 12 and 17 washington warns that further lists of dead and wounded may be expected washington dec s the war department to-night announced the names of thirteen more american troopers killed or wounded in battle two were killed seven severely wounded and four slightly wounded they were shot down by the ger mans while training in france be tween november 12 and 17 the casualties follow the dead wlnebrenner corporal virgil g november 12 andrew j winebren ner father marion ind wojtalewicz private peter no vember 16 mrs sallies wojtalewicz 1730 west eighteenth place Chicago severely wounded vlole private jobs a november 14 nicholas viole father reggio calabria italy hnlmrnc sergeant harvey l no vember 17 s f b haburne father jamesville va kragle private darwin p novem ber 17 j w kragle father st james mo love private benjamin h novem ber 17 mrs ellen allen mother brandenburg ky crabtree private paul november 13 mrs mary crabtree mother portsmouth o hensley prtvate andrew j no vember 13 john hensley father rasberry ark rltchey private lester november 15 mrs maude ritchey mother 235 wilson street salem o slightly wounded parduc corporal gi november 16 w r pardue father mannon new boston 111 saunders private david a novem ber 16 frank durant friend 3748 ellis avenue Chicago dnfenbacb private mark c no vember 17 edward dufeubach father huntingburg ind hall corporal harvey 0 novem ber 13 oscar f hall father savan nah n t house visits troops the following official statement was given out to-day regarding the visit of the members of the ameri can mission to general pershing's headquarters colonel house accompanied by the other members of the mission and lord northcliffe left paris yes terday morning for the general headquarters of the american ex peditionary forces they spent the afternoon visiting the training quarters and witnessing exercises general pershing conducted the party personally the mission returned with the most favorable impression of the spirit of the officers and men and of the state of their preparation the mission noted with special satisfaction details of organization on somewhat original lines with a young man full of energy at the head in each department for a descriptive article by lord â– northcliffe on hl visit to the american forces see page 3 meatless hot dogs sandwiches tuesdays the hot dog wagon and the sand wich man are in trouble with special assistant attorney general childs in charge of food violations they must invent meatless hot dogs and meat less sandwiches if they care to do business tuesdays according to childs t russ terms rejected by germany bolsheviki envoys demand kaiser must not use eastern army on the western front . american brings wilson message j from roumanian king that he j will fight to finish london dec 5 â€” the following statement was received here to-night by wireless from petrograd regard j ing the armistice negotiations the enemy delegates replied eva sively to the two initial russian proposals but promised to consult their government concerning them the russians proposed as the principal points of an armistice that the enemy should not undertake to send forces from the russian front to the front of russia's allies also that the german detachments be withdrawn from the islands of moon sound the enemy delegates refused these proposals the enemy delegates submitted a project for an armistice from the baltic to the black sea which in view of their evasive replies to the russian proposals the russian delegates submitted to the russian military experts a fortnight was first proposed for the duration of the armistice ultimately twenty-eight days was agreed upon which may be auto matically prolonged the russians requested that the next meeting be on russian territory after a lapse of seven days berlin denies report an official statement was issued by the war office to-night declaring that there is no truth whatever in the shameful report that roumania is seeking an armistice with the central powers the position of roumania is seri ously threatened by the action of russia as the northern flank of the roumanian army was protected by the russian line it is realized here that peace between the teutons and russia would permit of the encircling and defeat of the roumanian army claims roumania plea berlin dec 5 â€” parleys looking to the conclusion of an armistice be tween germany and russia have been extended to include roumanian troopsv the war office officially stated to-day ferdinand pledges loyalty . a pacific port dec s.â€”lieu tenant frank conner a member of the american red cross mission to roumania which arrived here to night is carrying a message to pres ident wilson from king ferdinand of roumania to the effect that rou mania will never make a separate peace roumanian funds held washington dec s five mil lion dollars turned over to the rus sian ambassador to be forwarded to roumania was turned back by the envoy to-day because of inability to transmit it through russian banks owing to the bolsheviki revolt in view of the report that roumania is seeking an armistice it will be held indefinitely by the treasury depart ment secretary lansing to-day issued a statement that the letters of both lieutenant colonel judson and major m c kerth to the bolsheviki on the attitude of the united states towards the rebels were unauthorized wilsons speed christmas shopping washington dec s the in junction to do your christmas shop ping early was obeyed to-day by president and mrs wilson they passed several hours purchasing a;lfts in downtown stores bolsheviki in austria seek independence a msterdam dec 5 â€” acting ** on declarations of austria hungary in the russian peace ne gotiations slav bolsheviki czechs south slavs and other nationali ties in the dual monarchy are de manding that the right of self-de termination shall be applied to the peoples of the empire the demand has been expressed by the south slav club the czech league the press and delegations of various subject races italians retire new drive on massed forces overcome defend j ers at two points battle in mountains with the italian armies dec 6 â€” advanced positions between monte tonderoear and monte bade noccho were to-day evacuated by the italian army this move resulted from the begin ning by the germans of a new drive on the asiago plateau which aims to break through the mountain passes and overrun the ground leading to verona the teuton design is to dash south ward by one of two routes â€” from west of asiago to vicenza a dis tance of some fifteen miles or from east of asiago to citadella twelve and a half miles both these towns are on the udine-verona railway the life-line of the italian main armies ten divisions attack the german forces massed for the attack on the asiago section are esti mated at ten divisions field marshal conrad von hotzendorf is directing the offensive which has been pre ceded by heavy artillery attacks heavy and middle caliber guns were used ceaselessly in the bom bardment around asiago for six hours beginning at 3 o'clock this morning heavy shells were directed at the length of italian positions in this sector being ccncentrated espe cially on points supposed to shield italian batteries fresh german troops arrive fresh german troops are arriving in italy from the russian front and being taken to the battle line strong patrols are making repeated thrusts against the italian line in search for a weak spot two u s flyers lost 650 miles out at sea an atlantic port dec 5 two american aviators were rescued 650 miles off the coast of ireland by a vessel which arrived here to-day the airmen had lost their compass on the flight and being unable to calculate their bearings landed on the ocean in their hydroplane in the hope of being picked up by a passing vessel they were supplied with a new compass and provisions and at once started home john d ill fears luck favors his grandsire new york dec 5 john d rockefeller 111 visited hero land the big war benefit show to-day he bought a 50-cent chance on a typewriter be sure and put down john d rockefeller 111 or my grand father might get that too he warned new york lid to stay on says hylan nbjw york dec 6 the lid will be kept on in n4w york mayor-elect 1-ylau announced to-day there will Â»><â– nt 0p town he conferred with the district attornej on the subject unity council pools shipping conference arranges to restrict imports so tannage will be available for rapid transport of american troops paris dec s lnter-allied re striction of imports to release ships to transport american troops to europe at as early a date and in as steady a stream as possible was decided upon at^the inter-allied war conference it is understood the american troops will b supplied by british and french factories the statement issued by the inter allied conference follows the various committees consti tuted by the inter-allied conference dealt as a whole with tlie technical question of the conduct of the war the details of which cannot be pub lished however at the conclusion of their deliberations the commit tees decided to publish the follow ing resolutions the financial section meeting under the presidency of louis klotz the dniester and the black sea yes numerous sittings in the course of which the various financial ques tions interesting to the allies were successively examined agree on regular board meeting at the end of its labors this sec tion unanimously adopted the fol lowing resolutions " the delegates of the allied pow ers in the financial section consider it desirable with a view to co-or dinating their efforts to meet reg ularly in order to draw plans for the payment of liabilities and the settlement of loans and rates of ex change and thus assure concerted action oscar t crosby assistant secre tary of the treasury of the united states and m klotz told the sec tion that in their opinion this regu lar meeting ought to be a perma nent organization duplication of effort is avoided armament and aviation section â€” the representatives of the allied nations examined the condition of their various war man ufactures and considered practical means of avoiding all duplication and directing the effort of each na tion to the production of the things for which it was best fitted in mat ters of first importance an inter allied committee was formed for carrying out the common program and decisions were arrived at decide to restrict imports from u s sections of imports mari time transports and sup plies â€” the allies considering that u s weather forecast ' Chicago and vicinityâ€”partiy cloudy thursday ugh bÂ«w in morn ing continued cold friday fair with rising temperature moderate north west winds thursday resolution for declaration of war on austria washington dec s.â€”chair man flood's original joint resolution was revised in commit tee jtlie new revision follows whereas the imperial and royal austro hungarian govern ment has severed diplomatic re lations with the government of the united states and has com mitted acts of war against the government and the people of the united states of america among which are its adherence to the policy of ruthless submarine war fare adopted by its ally the im perial german government with which the united states of amer ica is at war and by giving its ally active support and aid both on land and sea in the prosecu tion of the war against the gov ernment and people of the united states of america ; therefore be it resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in con gress assembled that a state of war be and is hereby declared to exist and to have existed since noon of the fifth day of december 1917 between the united states of america and the imperial and royal austro-hungarian govern ment and that the president be and is hereby authorized and di rected to employ the entire naval and military forces of the united states and the resources of the government to carry on war against the imperial and royal austro-hungarian government and to bring the conflict to a success ful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the congress of the united states flyer fights 7 german ships airman in seaplane sinks one u-boat evades fire of fleet escapes teuton aviators london dec 5 â€” a dramatic story of the fight of a seaplane with four german submarines and three ger man destroyers is contained in an of ficial statement just published in the morning mist the seaplane sighted a submarine on the surface before the submersible could dive the aircraft succeeded in dropping a bomb on her the bomb made a large hole in her deck then the pilot of the seaplane saw three more submarines in line abreast and followed by three destroyers all six vessels opened fire with their guns but german planes were unable to attack owing to the bar rage from the naval guns the british seaplane turned and dropped another bomb upon the wounded submarine and saw it sink in a pool of oil with fragments of wreckage all around sinking of apapa told later reports regarding the sink ing of the british steamer apapa show that though eighty passengers and crew members lost their lives no panic occurred the steamer was on her way to liverpool on a calm sea about 6 a m a tremendous shock occurred as the ship was struck by two torpedoes the passengers mostly women chil dren and invalids were thrown from their bunks and in face of imminent peril helped one another to secure life belts and then in orderly fashion filed out upon deck and into life boats t-boats fire on people then submarines of which it is believed there were two came to the surface and commenced to shell the open boats and some casualties oc curred however aid soon was forthcom ing and the survivors vfere rescued and landed one report says on the west coast of africa austrian ruler urges peace allies to rush u.s troops ill declare ins foreign affairs committee reports resolution against dual mon archy action friday emperor firm for nation's integrity the war resolution against avs | tria wat adopted yesterday by , unanimous vote of the house com | mittee on foreign affairs the reso ' lution will be brought up in the i house to-day and not a dissenting vote is expected amsterdam dec 5 emperor charles of austria-hungary de clared that the dual monarchy is ready to conclude a peace that will assure the monarchy's integrity at any time such a proposal is made ac cording to a vienna dispatch he made this declaration to an austro-german delegation declaring that austria-hungary will not cease fighting until its enem'rs renounced their intentions of dismembering it ' takes pride in daring of fleet emperor charles the on tinues expressed conr war situation and added the glorious successes of l victorious armies and the daring of our fleet fill us with patriotic pride then referring to his declaration that austria-hungary is ready for peace if the monarchy is not dis turbed emperor charles added guided by this idea we greeted with joyful satisfaction the no ble-minded intervention of the pope and will in the future neg lect no opportunity to end as soon as possible the costly struggle and,jffc great sacrifice the war has caused and is causing hopes for return of mutual trust . in the bpirlt of these intentions our government has declared its readiness to accept the russian government's invitation to enter into negotiations for a general peace may the blessings of the al mighty rest upon this work for peace and restore the peoples of europe to a stage of reconciliation and mutual trust y the sorely tried russian peo ple the first of our enemies who are ready to respond to our peace appeal may be sure that we sin cerely desire to restore our former friendly relations with them sacred duty to fight * rapacious neighbors on the other hand we must re gard it our sacred duty not to lay down the sword which plunder seeking and rapacious neighbors forced into our hands until our enemies unequivocally have disa â– vowed their mad plans of dismem berment and oppression we will remain the masters in our own house our alliance with the german empire has been glor i iously strengthened by our victor ious march southwest the most cordial and fraternal relations ma us to the progressive bulgarian people i 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Chicago examiner thursday Chicago december g 1917 thursday vol xv xo 300 a m c.s.w^sce price two cents i&fs&s shiee u.s must seize or else aid railoroads not being operated efficiently j interstate commerce commis sion tells congress and quick | action is necessary washington dec s the ques j ti.ir of government control j and operation of the rail i roads was put squarely up to con â– gress to-day by the interstate com ' jncrce commission the alternative suggested is sus j pension of all laws regulating the ! railroads in the interest of the people | and granting government loans to the ! report shows obstacles to private control the laws to be suspended would i include those prohibiting combina tion and pooling of equipment in terests and profits the commission's report makes no recommendation it simply states | that one of the two things must be done to save the situation the report rather leans to govern ment operation by dwelling on the obstacles that must be surmounted the report refuses rate increases linked as unable to remedy the situa tion 2,000,000,000 loan needed m'chord for u s control it is estimated by leaders in con gress that 2,000,000,000 in loans will be required by the railroads to put them on a war footing in equipment and operation and protect their se curities commissioner mcchord agrees only in part with the majority report in a supplementary report he declares the railroads under private control have failed to meet the emergency ' and that the government must step in and take full control of them promote inefficiency to obtain rate increase congressman sabath in a bill pre sented before the commission's report was issued called for immediate gov ernmental operation charging the railroads for political effect delib erately canceled orders for improve ments and rolling stock in 1911 and j312 he further charged that the rail roads now are deliberately refusing to operate on an efficient war basis so that they can obtain permission to increase rates one of the senate leaders said to night government control and opera tion of the railroads will inevitably lead to government ownership the only question in my mind is whether we should take the first step which is the easiest and surest way of dealing with the situation knowing it will lead to the second step if the president is ready to take over the railroads under govern ment control he has ample authority and congress will give him any fur ther power he may ask such an act would abolish the present func tions of the interstate commerce commission senator newlands chairman of the interstate commerce committee said it is clear that successful prose fc j c.ution of the war depends more on 16 big british vessels sunk in last week london dec s sixteen brit ish ships of more than 1,600 tons each were sunk during the past week according to the offi cial statement from the admiralty office to-night only one craft of less tonnage was sent down four fishing vessels were lost this is an increase of two large ships over last week this makes a total of 677 large ships 249 small er ones and 176 fishing smacks sunk during the forty weeks of ruthlessness the grand total is increased to 1,102 burleson asks phone control postmaster general declares for government ownership of telegraph lines also washington dec s recent de velopments have made it all the more imperative that government owner ship of the telegraphs and telephones should no longer be delayed the annual report of postmaster general burleson made public to-day urgently recommends action by congress to this end if the telegraph and telephone sys tems are taken over they will be placed under the jurisdiction of the postbffice department steps already have been taken to place the telegraph and cable sys tems of alaska under the postoffice i department mr burleson's report says the principle of government ownership and control of the tele graphs and telephones is not only sound but practical and finds its greatest strength in the constitu tion that these utilities should be made a part of the postal estab lishment has been the opinion of practically all postmaster generals of the united states who have held that the welfare of the nation will be largely contributed to by the fullest utilization of these services by the people this result can be accomplished only when they are made a part of the postal service and operated solely with a view to serving the public and not making a profit kahn urges death for hindering u s in war â€¢ john r rathom editor of the provl idence journal last night quoted a dispatch received from otto h kahn of new york in an address before the standard club mr kahn said in part he who secretly or overt ly tries to thwart the declared will and aim of the nation in this holy war is a traitor and a traitor's fate should be his mrs jack barrymore granted a divorce new york dec 5 â€” mrs kather ine barrymore wife of john jack barrymore the actor has received a decree of divorce at santa barbara cal according to word here to-night jack's manager had taken 50,000 in surance against his marriage the suit revealed that the barrymore fam ily name is blythe mercury drops to 20 winter's coldest day a healthy young cold wave swept over Chicago last night leaving a blanket^of snow the sudden cold and a cutting wind drove people from the streets and late last night the temperature had dropped to 20 above zero the cold is expected to con tinue to-day with rising tempera ture to-night first Chicago troops fall in trenches one killed another wounded pershing reports 13 casual ties between nov 12 and 17 washington warns that further lists of dead and wounded may be expected washington dec s the war department to-night announced the names of thirteen more american troopers killed or wounded in battle two were killed seven severely wounded and four slightly wounded they were shot down by the ger mans while training in france be tween november 12 and 17 the casualties follow the dead wlnebrenner corporal virgil g november 12 andrew j winebren ner father marion ind wojtalewicz private peter no vember 16 mrs sallies wojtalewicz 1730 west eighteenth place Chicago severely wounded vlole private jobs a november 14 nicholas viole father reggio calabria italy hnlmrnc sergeant harvey l no vember 17 s f b haburne father jamesville va kragle private darwin p novem ber 17 j w kragle father st james mo love private benjamin h novem ber 17 mrs ellen allen mother brandenburg ky crabtree private paul november 13 mrs mary crabtree mother portsmouth o hensley prtvate andrew j no vember 13 john hensley father rasberry ark rltchey private lester november 15 mrs maude ritchey mother 235 wilson street salem o slightly wounded parduc corporal gi november 16 w r pardue father mannon new boston 111 saunders private david a novem ber 16 frank durant friend 3748 ellis avenue Chicago dnfenbacb private mark c no vember 17 edward dufeubach father huntingburg ind hall corporal harvey 0 novem ber 13 oscar f hall father savan nah n t house visits troops the following official statement was given out to-day regarding the visit of the members of the ameri can mission to general pershing's headquarters colonel house accompanied by the other members of the mission and lord northcliffe left paris yes terday morning for the general headquarters of the american ex peditionary forces they spent the afternoon visiting the training quarters and witnessing exercises general pershing conducted the party personally the mission returned with the most favorable impression of the spirit of the officers and men and of the state of their preparation the mission noted with special satisfaction details of organization on somewhat original lines with a young man full of energy at the head in each department for a descriptive article by lord â– northcliffe on hl visit to the american forces see page 3 meatless hot dogs sandwiches tuesdays the hot dog wagon and the sand wich man are in trouble with special assistant attorney general childs in charge of food violations they must invent meatless hot dogs and meat less sandwiches if they care to do business tuesdays according to childs t russ terms rejected by germany bolsheviki envoys demand kaiser must not use eastern army on the western front . american brings wilson message j from roumanian king that he j will fight to finish london dec 5 â€” the following statement was received here to-night by wireless from petrograd regard j ing the armistice negotiations the enemy delegates replied eva sively to the two initial russian proposals but promised to consult their government concerning them the russians proposed as the principal points of an armistice that the enemy should not undertake to send forces from the russian front to the front of russia's allies also that the german detachments be withdrawn from the islands of moon sound the enemy delegates refused these proposals the enemy delegates submitted a project for an armistice from the baltic to the black sea which in view of their evasive replies to the russian proposals the russian delegates submitted to the russian military experts a fortnight was first proposed for the duration of the armistice ultimately twenty-eight days was agreed upon which may be auto matically prolonged the russians requested that the next meeting be on russian territory after a lapse of seven days berlin denies report an official statement was issued by the war office to-night declaring that there is no truth whatever in the shameful report that roumania is seeking an armistice with the central powers the position of roumania is seri ously threatened by the action of russia as the northern flank of the roumanian army was protected by the russian line it is realized here that peace between the teutons and russia would permit of the encircling and defeat of the roumanian army claims roumania plea berlin dec 5 â€” parleys looking to the conclusion of an armistice be tween germany and russia have been extended to include roumanian troopsv the war office officially stated to-day ferdinand pledges loyalty . a pacific port dec s.â€”lieu tenant frank conner a member of the american red cross mission to roumania which arrived here to night is carrying a message to pres ident wilson from king ferdinand of roumania to the effect that rou mania will never make a separate peace roumanian funds held washington dec s five mil lion dollars turned over to the rus sian ambassador to be forwarded to roumania was turned back by the envoy to-day because of inability to transmit it through russian banks owing to the bolsheviki revolt in view of the report that roumania is seeking an armistice it will be held indefinitely by the treasury depart ment secretary lansing to-day issued a statement that the letters of both lieutenant colonel judson and major m c kerth to the bolsheviki on the attitude of the united states towards the rebels were unauthorized wilsons speed christmas shopping washington dec s the in junction to do your christmas shop ping early was obeyed to-day by president and mrs wilson they passed several hours purchasing a;lfts in downtown stores bolsheviki in austria seek independence a msterdam dec 5 â€” acting ** on declarations of austria hungary in the russian peace ne gotiations slav bolsheviki czechs south slavs and other nationali ties in the dual monarchy are de manding that the right of self-de termination shall be applied to the peoples of the empire the demand has been expressed by the south slav club the czech league the press and delegations of various subject races italians retire new drive on massed forces overcome defend j ers at two points battle in mountains with the italian armies dec 6 â€” advanced positions between monte tonderoear and monte bade noccho were to-day evacuated by the italian army this move resulted from the begin ning by the germans of a new drive on the asiago plateau which aims to break through the mountain passes and overrun the ground leading to verona the teuton design is to dash south ward by one of two routes â€” from west of asiago to vicenza a dis tance of some fifteen miles or from east of asiago to citadella twelve and a half miles both these towns are on the udine-verona railway the life-line of the italian main armies ten divisions attack the german forces massed for the attack on the asiago section are esti mated at ten divisions field marshal conrad von hotzendorf is directing the offensive which has been pre ceded by heavy artillery attacks heavy and middle caliber guns were used ceaselessly in the bom bardment around asiago for six hours beginning at 3 o'clock this morning heavy shells were directed at the length of italian positions in this sector being ccncentrated espe cially on points supposed to shield italian batteries fresh german troops arrive fresh german troops are arriving in italy from the russian front and being taken to the battle line strong patrols are making repeated thrusts against the italian line in search for a weak spot two u s flyers lost 650 miles out at sea an atlantic port dec 5 two american aviators were rescued 650 miles off the coast of ireland by a vessel which arrived here to-day the airmen had lost their compass on the flight and being unable to calculate their bearings landed on the ocean in their hydroplane in the hope of being picked up by a passing vessel they were supplied with a new compass and provisions and at once started home john d ill fears luck favors his grandsire new york dec 5 john d rockefeller 111 visited hero land the big war benefit show to-day he bought a 50-cent chance on a typewriter be sure and put down john d rockefeller 111 or my grand father might get that too he warned new york lid to stay on says hylan nbjw york dec 6 the lid will be kept on in n4w york mayor-elect 1-ylau announced to-day there will Â»>vns ending at 2 a m highest 24 lowest so mean 2 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